Set up Jira Software Cloud
Learn how to set up Jira Software Cloud and integrate it with other products and applications.
Enable releases and versions
Releases represent points in time for your project. They can be used to schedule how features are rolled out to your customers, or as a way to organize work that has been completed for the project.
Enable releases and versions for your software project
Navigate to your team-managed or company-managed software project.
Go to Project Settings > Features.
Enable the Releases feature.
A new menu item, Releases, will be added to the project menu.
The following changes will be made to your project when you enable the feature:
A new field, Fix versions, will be added to your issue types.
A new menu item, Releases, will be added to the left-hand project menu.
Create versions for your project
You must have project admin permissions to create or edit a version.
In Jira Software, each release is called a version. There are two ways to create versions in your project.
From the Releases page
Select Releases in the project menu on the left.
Select Create version. Give your version a name, eg 1.1.
From the Versions panel on the Backlog
On the Backlog, select the Version filter and enable the Versions panel toggle.
Select Backlog in the project menu on the left.
Select + Create version.
Assign versions to your issues
From the issue view
Open an issue.
Under the Fix versions field, select a version that to add the issue to. You can select more than one version.
From the Versions panel
On the Backlog, select the Version filter and enable the Versions panel toggle.
Navigate to the Backlog
Open the Versions panel.
Drag an issue to the version you want to add it to.
Here you can also drag-and-drop issues from one epic to another. Hold Ctrl (Windows) or Command (Mac) to multi-select.
Link any work related to your version
The Related work feature allows you to add links to your version, so your team members and stakeholders can easily find documents, dashboards, and anything else related to the release.
Adding links to a version:
Log in to your Jira Software project and navigate to your version.
Select Add in the Related work section.
Enter the URL for the work you want to link.
Add a description (this step is optional).
Select a category and save.
Filter versions on the Board and Backlog
Navigate to your project's Board or Backlog.
In the Versions filter or panel, select one or more versions. Issues belonging to these versions will continue showing, while all other issues will be hidden.
Issues created while versions are selected in the Version filter will automatically be added to those versions.
Use JQL to do advanced searching using versions
You can use JQL to perform more powerful searched using versions.
Select Jira home in the top-left corner.
Select Filters > Search issues.
Select Switch to JQL.
In your JQL query, you can use the FixVersion operator to search for issues in a specific version. Eg: FixVersion = 1.1.
Monitor the progress of your versions
The Releases page shows how much work has been completed in each version. It shows a summary and a breakdown of the issues in the version, grouped by status. If you have connected Jira Software to your development tools, the release page will show development information about pull requests, commits, builds, and deployments associated with your issues. The page also warns you if your development tools are out of sync with Jira Software — for example, completed issues with open pull requests, failing builds, or unreviewed code. To view the release page, go to your project and select Releases in the project menu, then select a version.
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